FILM 1307: WHIPLASH
TRIVIA: During the more intense
practice scenes, the director wouldn't yell, "cut!" so that Miles Teller would keep
drumming until he exhausted himself.
J.K. Simmons has played
piano in the past and had to retake lessons for his role.
The director and writer of the
film, Damien Chazelle, could not
get funding for the movie, so he instead turned it into a short film and
submitted it into the Sundance Film Festival in 2013. The short film ended up
winning the Short Film Jury Award, and he got funding soon after.
Although Miles Teller has been
drumming since he was 15 years old, he took additional lessons 4 hours a day, 3
days a week to prepare for the movie.
The film is one of the lowest
grossing movies ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The screenplay for this film was
featured in the 2012 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade
scripts of the year.
Metz is modeled after Pvt. Leonard
aka "Gomer Pyle" from the war film, Full Metal Jacket.
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